After Samsung and Sony joining the bandwagon of Google TV partners, Toshiba and Vizio are now said to have firm plans to participate, and is in plans to introduce new Google TV products at CES 2011 in January. This comes oddly, as content providers have banned Google TV from accessing their contents, yet hardware partners have not seemed to lose their enthusiasm into Google’s product.

While neither manufacturer would be drawn into confirming this latest bit of insider info, Toshiba’s American GM, Jeff Barney, is quoted as saying, “Google certainly is a key partner for us on the PC side and will likely be key for us on the TV side as well.” Surely that hints on Google TV, or is there any other thing on the TV side? It’s also probably a good idea to team up with Google for world domination.

SOURCE via Bloomberg